# Hal Bedsole

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{{Short description|American football player (1941–2017)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{more footnotes|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox gridiron football biography
| name          = Hal Bedsole
| number        = 19, 86
| position      = [Tight end](/source/Tight_end)
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1941|12|21}}
| birth_place   = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago), U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2017|12|22|1941|12|21}}
| death_place   = [Arizona](/source/Arizona), U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 5
| weight_lb     = 236
| high_school   = [Reseda](/source/Reseda_Charter_High_School) {{nowrap|([Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles))}}
| college       = [USC](/source/USC_Trojans_football)
| draftpick     = 19
| draftround    = 2
| draftyear     = 1964
| afldraftpick  = 58
| afldraftround = 8
| afldraftyear  = 1964
| pastteams     =
* [Minnesota Vikings](/source/Minnesota_Vikings) ({{NFL Year|1964|1966}})
| highlights    =
* [National champion](/source/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS) ([1962](/source/1962_USC_Trojans_football_team))
* [Consensus All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) ([1962](/source/1962_College_Football_All-America_Team))
* 2× First-team [All-PCC](/source/List_of_All-Pac-12_Conference_football_teams) ([1961](/source/1961_All-Pacific_Coast_football_team), [1962](/source/1962_All-Pacific_Coast_football_team))
| statlabel1    = [Reception](/source/Reception_(gridiron_football))s
| statvalue1    = 26
| statlabel2    = Receiving yards
| statvalue2    = 418
| statlabel3    = [Touchdown](/source/Touchdown)s
| statvalue3    = 8
| pfr           = B/BedsHa00
| CollegeHOF    = 2324<!-- in 2012-->
}}

'''Harold Jay Bedsole''' (December 21, 1941 – December 22, 2017) was an American [football](/source/American_football) player.  He played as a [tight end](/source/tight_end) and [end](/source/End_(gridiron_football)) early in his career during the [single platoon](/source/One-platoon_system) days.

==Early life and college==
Bedsole prepped at [Reseda High School](/source/Reseda_Charter_High_School), graduated in 1959. He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) (USC).  He helped lead the [USC Trojans](/source/USC_Trojans) to a national championship in 1962 under coach [John McKay](/source/John_McKay_(American_football)). Bedsole was a two-time First-team All [AAWU Conference](/source/Pac-12_Conference) (now known as the [Pac-12 Conference](/source/Pac-12_Conference)) selection and the first Trojan to have 200 receiving yards in a single game. He was inducted into the USC Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001 and into the [College Football Hall of Fame](/source/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame) in 2012.<ref>"USC's Hal Bedsole Named To College Football Hall Of Fame," ''Official Site of USC Trojan Athletics,'' [http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051512aaa.html May 15, 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103061159/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051512aaa.html |date=November 3, 2014 }}. [retrieved November 2, 2014]</ref> He transferred to USC from [Pierce College](/source/Los_Angeles_Pierce_College).

==Professional career==
Bedsole played for the [Minnesota Vikings](/source/Minnesota_Vikings) of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) between 1964 and 1966. After his football career ended, due to knee injuries he worked in sales and marketing at [KNX-FM](/source/KCBS-FM), a ground breaking soft rock radio station in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles).<ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced|url=http://usctrojans.com/sports/2017/6/16/genrel-102800aaa-html.aspx|website=usctrojans.com|accessdate=January 6, 2018|language=en|date=October 28, 2000}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cfbhof|id=2324|name=Hal Bedsole}}
* {{Footballstats |nfl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=B/BedsHa00 |rotoworld= |dbf=BEDSOHAL01 }}
* {{IMDb name|id=3858865}}

{{1962 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
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Category:1941 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:American football ends
Category:American football tight ends
Category:Minnesota Vikings players
Category:Pierce Brahmas football players
Category:USC Trojans football players
Category:All-American college football players
Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Players of American football from Los Angeles
Category:Players of American football from Chicago
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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